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Things didn’t go well New York Mets On Thursday’s field, it was pretty much worse at the Mets’ broadcast booth.
Mets was wiped out against double headers Baltimore Orioles At Camden Yard on Thursday, one of the franchise’s retired legends was just inches away from joining the couple’s Met on the injured list.
At the bottom of the seventh in Game 2 of the double-header, O’s outfielder Cedric Mullins hit a straight foul ball and hit the Sportsnet New York (SNY) booth.
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Former New York Mets player Keith Hernandez will throw a ceremonial first pitch to former player John Franco against the Philadelphia Phillies before Game 3 of the NLDS in the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Citifield. (Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images)
Gary Cohen, the play-by-play announcer, said the ball “passed past Keith.” [Hernandez]Ears, and he has never seen it. ”
Cohen wasn’t lying.
Hernandez is one of the best defensive first basemen of all time with 11 gold gloves. Of course, O’s broadcast team He thought he had caught the ball.
However, Sny showed a replay from inside the booth, and Hernandez’s eyes weren’t close to the ball while Cohen prepared to potentially catch it.
Former New York Mets baseman Keith Hernandez speaks to reporters before his Jersey retirement ceremony at Citifield. (Wendel Cruise/USA TODAY SPORTS)
The replay showed Hernandez turning around and only responding to the noise that the ball hits the wall behind him. And then the cheer continued at the booth.
“We can laugh about it now, but if that ball was only a few feet to the left, you could have been made for the season.
The Mets led 1-0 in the eight innings of their first game, but the bullpen couldn’t hold the lead. Baltimore won the second game 7-3 despite a 2-0 deficit in the first innings.
New York Mets’ first baseman Keith Hernandez will field the field to the grounders during his 1986 match against the San Diego Padres at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego. (Stevendan/Getty Images)
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New York has been 8-17 in the last 25 games, wasting a 5½ game lead in the NL East. Mets chased after Philadelphia Phillies By 1½ games to start playing on Friday.
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